Brief Life History of Wellington
When Wellington Bowker was born in 1827, in New York, United States, his father, Noah Bowker, was 46 and his mother, Mary Polly Beckwith, was 38. He married Lucy S Cooper. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Michigan, United States in 1870 and Hope Township, Barry, Michigan, United States in 1880. He died on 3 December 1880, in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in Brush Ridge Cemetery, Schultz, Hope Township, Barry, Michigan, United States.
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- Willington Bowker, "United States Census, 1860"
- Wellington Bonker, "Michigan Deaths, 1867-1897"
- Wellington Bowker in entry for Clinton D Bowker and Estella Knowles, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
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1827 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State
During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English (mainly Manchester): occupational name for someone whose job was to steep cotton or linen in lye (a strong alkali) to cleanse it, from Middle English bouker(e), boker(e), buker(e) ‘bleacher of cloth’. The name was also sometimes confused with Booker , and sometimes perhaps a variant of Butcher , with Norman French -k- for -ch-.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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